Intricate Details

 Something to puzzle over - a beautiful closeup of .... what?

This is part of a spider's web with dew and a pine needle embedded in it.

Waning Glow

Sunlight glows, then fades

Enriched colors darkening

Reflections wane, too.

Mystery Eggs

I don't have definitive answers as to what this glob is. It was picked up by one of my patrollers, initially arranged as if they were packed like orange segments, but they glided apart when she handled them. They were in a mucous sac, and definitely look like eggs or seeds (passionfruit likeness).

Most suggestions online think it's possibly frog eggs, not toads, since they present in a long strand. Another suggestion has been salamander eggs, which also seems likely to me since they come in a mass similar to this.

I wonder if they could be snails? Or could they be plant seeds? I can't imagine they'd need to be in a jelly, though. They separated out into individual blobs when I collected them.

Royally Impressed

The American royal fern (Osmunda spectabilis) puts on a magnificent display in the fall  - look at how spectacular it is: